Hi guys! Welcome to my first story I've written in a long ass time. I made a promise to myself that I would get back into writing. What better way than to start with a Harvest Moon fanfic? I am being fueled by red bull right now so if you notice any grammatical errors please let me know! Also, later on I may hold a poll for the end love interest. So please keep coming back to check. And I loveeeeeeee reviews and hearing what others think, so please, do not hold back!

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Chapter One

" Dammit Lettie, we're going to be late!" Her brothers voice shouted from downstairs. Typical Derek worrying about being late when there was plenty of time. He was going to drive himself insane one of these days, or make some poor girl choke him in his sleep.

She loved her brother, but the chances of him actually settling down with a girl was slim. He was the hit it and quit it type of guy. Breaking girls hearts one city at a time. She was so happy that he had decided to spend his last year in high school with her and stop school hopping. That guy had been to 3 different schools in the last three years simply because he wanted to see what kinds of girls there were out there. She herself had never even dated one guy. The only guys she even had contact with were her childhood friends. Allen and Rod had been with her since they were all in diapers.

Lettie smiled to herself and looked in the mirror. It wasn't as bad as she thought. She had pulled her long jet black hair up into a high pony tail leaving a few pieces loose to frame her small heart shaped face. It wasn't that she was ugly, she just considered herself sort of odd looking. For one, her forehead was huge. She has been self conscious of it since she was five years old and a bully made a point to get all the other children to call her billboard head. Children were cruel though, she eventually learned that it was nothing that she could change so she might as well get used to her big 'Billboard' head.

Her eyes were a deep sapphire color that she inherited from her great grandmother. No one else in the family had them. It was something that made her feel special. Not that she would ever admit it to anyone. She knew that she wasn't really anything too special. Under her eyes, was a small pixie-like nose that had been freshly contoured with bronzer to make it look even smaller. And under that lie a mouth that always looked like it was pouting slightly. Even more so today with lip gloss placed strategically in the center of her lips to make them look fuller.

Lettie pulled out her powder and tried her best to conceal a small mole right at the corner of her mouth. Her mother always told her that it was endearing, but Lettie hated it. She viewed it as one more thing that made her look odd. Why couldn't she have perfect clear bronzed skin like her brother... But no, she was 'Blessed' with milky skin dotted with small moles everywhere. Not that there was a lot of her, she was barely a B-cup, about 5 foot 1 inches, and maybe 100 pounds. So to put it frankly, she didn't really have a lot of curve appeal that the guys were into these days.

Today was the day. It was her first day of her first year at a new high school. Her brother had transferred them both to a private academy. Luckily, they could afford it since their parents left them a pretty hefty bank account before they left for their year long traveling vacation. She wondered to herself where they were at that current moment. They hadn't even bothered to call this morning to wish their children luck...not that she expected them too. Their parents were more like friends that they barely saw. Her grandparents were the ones who raised them after all.

She grabbed her blue sequined backpack and opened her bedroom door. Today was a day full of new beginnings. No need to let thoughts of neither her parents nor her insecurities ruin it. This was the day that she had been waiting for all summer; the day that she would finally be attending school with her brother and her best friends. At least she wasn't one of those new students that didn't know anyone at all and felt unsure of everyone they talked to. She had Allen and Rod to point out who to stay away from and who to befriend. Hell, she even had her man-slut of a brother to introduce her to other women. They might not want to stay friends after her brother kicks them to the curb, but there was always a chance she could save one of them from being heartbroken.

"Finally! Good lord woman, I've never met a girl who could take so long getting ready and still manage to look the same. Really...I expected you to come out looking like a graceful swan; but instead, you come out looking like your little ugly duckling self," Derek said while sighing and scratching his head as she came down the stairs. "But for real...what's with the pony tail. You do realize that Allen is going to give you so much shit for that when he gets here right?"

"I would rather be an ugly duckling than look like a walking blueberry," She stated and she pointed to his freshly dyed blue hair. Not that it looked bad, it was just the first thing that she could come up with. Their bantering was a usual thing. She was pretty sure that no matter how beautiful she ever became, he would still call her an ugly duckling. She was used to it. As she got older she realized that her brother just liked to get people worked up. "Do girls really dig this whole alternative look you're going for?"

He smirked at her. "I'll let you know after our first day" That was just like Derek: so cocky and confident. Somehow, it's like he can trick girls into thinking he's this really great guy that is full of sweet gestures and kind words. They really had no idea about this sick individual in front of her.

How could siblings only two years apart be so different? Derek was outspoken and confident where Lettie was quiet and self-conscious. She wondered if she would ever be like that: a walking beacon of self-confidence. Probably not. She tended to brush things off and move on. Whereas Derek would speak up and let people know when he wasn't happy. Perhaps that's why he and Allen were pretty close. They both believed in themselves and their abilities more than anything else. They weren't afraid to get what they wanted out of life. She found herself becoming envious of the two men.

Speaking of which, where were the guys? Rod and Allen were supposed to ride with them to school today. Allen was never late, but it was possible that Rod overslept. He tended to do that after a night of partying. She couldn't blame him though; he just won this huge surfing tournament yesterday. She would have gone but it was a few cities away and she wouldn't turn sixteen for a couple more months. She had no car of her own yet, and she definitely couldn't ask Derek to take her out of town the night before their school orientation.

*KNOCK*KNOCK*

Thank you guys for reading the first chapter. I know it wasn't very eventful. With this chapter I was trying to mainly introduce you to Lettie. But still, I would like to hear what you guys think. So please review :)